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Non-Tech : The Enron Scandal - Unmoderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (944)	1/30/2002 5:18:04 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

The truest test of leadership in the Media Age is the ability to do what needs to be done in the face of the often-manufactured criticism of the press. Bush, Rumsfeld et al. since Sept. 11 have shown a great ability to sort out what matters and what doesn't. Will North Korea lob a missile at Seattle? Of course not. Will Iraq or Iran lob a missile at the Carolina coast? Of course not. Will those countries and their terror agents attack Americans and American interests wherever they can be found? Of course not. They are peace loving peoples until provoked by evil America. And finally, a question from last year: Would a band of Islamic students and Arab nut cases in a landlocked country eleven time zones away have the ability to replace the most vibrant section of lower Manhattan with an ugly crater-like pile of ash entombing thousands of Americans? Oh, of course not. That will never happen. We should just leave them alone and stop our own awful misbehaving, rather than pandering to our military industrial complex and causing more (gasp!) bloodshed. Sheesh.

To: jlallen who wrote (944)	1/30/2002 5:41:40 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3602

Are you privy to the same intelligence briefings as the President? Not that I've been informed. Do you think the current dictator in N. Korea is playing with a full deck? Let's put it this way. I wouldn't want him for a neighbor. <g> As far as being proud of YOUR president, I find that to be a bit superficial. Every politician is a mixed bag of talents and motivations. I find Dubya to be very personable, and to have some nice human qualities. He's telegenic, which is a plus. The Afghani campaign went well, as far as it went, which is a feather in GWB's cap. But let's face the facts. We haven't captured or killed Osama Bin Laden, so on one level, Bush has failed in his foreign goals. He's plainly joined at the hip with Kenny Boy Lay, and you can't possibly say that this is a positive thing for the nation. And then there's all this dang stonewalling on information from the Administration. Sheesh, to say "I'm proud of MY president" seems to be a simplistic, unexamined and boosterish bit of Babbittry. -Ray

To: jlallen who wrote (944)	1/30/2002 6:06:42 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 3602

Special Report: Exploring the Enron Explosion How Enron Points Up the Need for Better Disclosure of Investment Risks The Enron/Arthur Andersen scandal has spawned a raft of Congressional hearings and is sure to be front-page news for months. But are there really flaws in the system, or is this just a unique case? Some Wharton professors believe that while certain regulatory and accounting rules may indeed need to be changed, better disclosure of investment risks could resolve the most troubling aspects of Enron's conduct. The entire article is available at: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu